Earnestness is not by any means everything; it is very often a subtle form of pious pride because it is obsessed with the method and not with the Master.

Our prayers are heard, not because we are in earnest, not because we suffer, but because Jesus suffered.

Holiness is the balance between my nature and the law of God as expressed in Jesus Christ.

A good book, in the language of the book-sellers, is a salable one; in that of the curious, a scarce one; in that of men of sense, a useful and instructive one.

Prayer is the way the life of God is nourished.

Am I prepared to let God grip me by His power and do a work in me that is worthy of Himself? Sanctification is not my idea of what I want God to do for me; sanctification is God's idea of what He wants to do for me, and He has to get me into the attitude of mind and spirit where at any cost I will let Him sanctify me wholly.

It never cost a disciple anything to follow Jesus; to talk about cost when you are in love with anyone is an insult.